4.39pm: England's captain Andrew Strauss has called Graham Onions a 'legend' after he played out the final over to secure a draw in the third Test in Cape Town. England are now one ahead in the series with one to play and Strauss said: "Graham Onions: he's a legend isn't he? We keep asking our number 11 to do the job for us."

It was a nervy finish for England despite the heroic knocks from Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell. Collingwood took 188 deliveries for his 40 and Bell made 78 from 213, although neither were there at the end.

"Paul Collingwood an Ian Bell played two exceptional innings," said Strauss. "I know how desperate Ian's been to play an innings like that for England. He showed his class. It bodes well for the future and he's a pretty satisfied guy in the dressing room."

What do you reckon. Can England go on and wrap up the series in Johannesburg? The fourth and final Test starts a week today. MR

4.28pm: Saturday's Championship match between Reading and Newcastle has been added to the list of postponements. MR

4.00pm: It's now over in Cape Town. Graham Onions sees out the final over and it's a draw. England remain one ahead in the series with one to play. MR

3.41pm: Morne Morkel has returned to the action in Cape Town and has dismissed Ian Bell with his first delivery. England are nine down and have 17 balls to survive with their final pair of Swann and Graham Onions. Follow it live with Andy Bull

3.37pm: Broad's gone, caught at short leg. England are eight down and Greame Swann is the new man in. There are three and a half overs remaining. Follow it live with Andy Bull

1.55pm: A couple of transfer window snippets: QPR are set to sign Daniel Cousin and Caleb Folan from Hull, potentially on initial loan deals, while Tours striker Olivier Giroud admits he has given up on the idea of joining Celtic.

"I wanted to go there [to Celtic] because they are a big club, who play in Europe, with a fantastic spirit. It was a good trampoline from which to move to England and the Premier League, which is my dream. Fortunately there are other trampolines."

JD

1.14pm: England have got through the afternoon session in Cape Town without losing a wicket. They are 230 for five with Ian Bell on 38 and Paul Collingwood on 31. The pair added 51 in the session from the 28 overs bowled. It's frustrating stuff for the South Africans and England have one session left to hang on for the draw. MR

There were no goals and no assists for Beckham on his second Rossoneri debut, but plenty of neat passes and far more energy than you would expect from a 34-year-old who hasn't had a proper break in more than a year.

• We'll be monitoring and updating you with the latest Saturday football fixture postponements. Charlton v Hartlepool has just fallen in League One; expect plenty more before the day is out.

• Pacquaio v Mayweather. On. Off. On. Off. On. Now off. Kevin Mitchell will be blogging on the latest state of affairs later in the day.

• And the 2010 PGA Tour kicks off in Hawaii later this afternoon.

• On the sportblog: Classic YouTube features great moments in orange footballs, rally jumping a harbour and the rugby Schumacher; Ewan Murray's Scottish football blog has swapped days with Amy Lawrence's world football missive for the week, and he'll be focusing on the Kris Boyd situation at Ibrox; and Football Weekly Extra will digest the midweek action - or lack of it - with James Richardson joined by Barry Glendenning, John Ashdown and Raphael Honigstein. Be sure to post any questions you have for the pod below the line before 11.45am's recording time. JD

10.34am: You can now add these to the list of postponements. The League One matches between Brighton and Brentford, Oldham and Leyton Orient and Southampton against Huddersfield. The League Two match between Cheltenham and Hereford.

Ayr v Brechin in the Scottish Cup is off along with Forfar v St Johnstone while Cowdenbeath against Arbroath has bitten the dust in the Scottish Second Division. MR

10.30am: Sheffield Wednesday's Championship match with Peterborough United at Hillsborough this Saturday has been postponed due to safety reasons while four games in Scotland have also fallen victim to the weather - the Scottish Cup matches at Morton, Kilmarnock and Raith and the Third Division game between Berwick and Stranraer.

"The important thing for me is to go to Manchester City and to show the coach [Roberto Mancini] I'm the same player as when he was in charge of Inter."

The big question seems to be this: what exactly is it that Mancini sees in a player that many other managers of Europe's top clubs simply don't any more? JD

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